Bengal tiger Charly and Bornean orangutan Sandai, both members of endangered species, have received coronavirus vaccines at a Chilean zoo in a Latin American first.
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A Bengal tiger named Charly receives an experimental dose of a vaccine against COVID-19 made by the Zoetis veterinary laboratory, at the Buin Zoo in Buin, Chile, on January 3, 2022. -- Photo: Javier Torres / AFP
2022-01-04 14:32:01
Bengal tiger Charly and Bornean orangutan Sandai, both members of endangered species, have received coronavirus vaccines at a Chilean zoo in a Latin American first.
Charly, Sandai and eight other animals at the Buin Zoo in Santiago were chosen for the experimental vaccine campaign as they belong to species considered at high risk of contracting Covid-19.
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